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From the looks of it this tree has already gone through the stages to become a bonsai. It could be hundreds of years old. If you look at the rock you can tell the tree probably has a very shallow root system. Also, look at the state of the moss on the trunk of the tree. This is not a young tree, you can tell just by looking at the branches.

Do you see the small stump of a branch at the base of the tree? That was a very early branch that broke off years ago. Without being able to examine the tree or take a core I'd estimate it is at least several decades old. It's small because of the lack of minerals and nutrients that growing on a rock causes. The humidity of the lake keeps it alive but it's confines keep it small. A very nice example of a natural bonsai.

Yes. The seed for the tree rooted itself in some moss and maybe a bit of soil that's on top of the log. It won't have much accessible nitrogen available to it (plants can't take nitrogen directly from the air, they rely on soil bacteria to change it into an accessible form), so it will grow slower then if it was in "ideal" conditions. Despite it's size, that tree could easily be 10-20 years old. Trees growing in bogs, on cliffs, waaayyy north or high up at treelines are also much older then they look.

I thought so at first. But if you look at the reflection in the water, you will notice it's from a different angle, so not simply copy-paste-and-mirror image.
So it's either real or very, very, good photoshop.

Actually, I've seen this tree in person. It's in a lake called Fairy Lake, which is just outside of Port Renfrew, British Columbia. If you google "Fairy Lake Campground" you'll see more pictures of this tree.

I always like to keep images like that centered and not scaled, and apply a black inner glow and put them on black BG. It gives a nice soft edge. I'm gonna steal this for a bit and here's what I'm using, try this out if you wanna use it:

Forester here sorry for pointing this out but the new tree isn't actually growing into the old. The old tree somehow gathered enough soil for a seedling to grow. Some of this soil could have come from the old log breaking down but most was probably left when water level rose and sediment was deposited. This is where the root system is not in the trunk of the dead tree, only vines can do that. Very very cool specimen thanks.

Trees, since the Carboniferous period have evolved to thrive in decomposed plant matter that has been processed by bacteria and fungi (i.e. turned in to dirt). Try planting a tree in a pile of sterile wood chips or saw dust and see how far that gets you.

That's still like scraping the mold off a corpse and using it as a pita spread, but it's not cannibalism.

How long is anything going to be around for really? When we see something beautiful or inspiring we should appreciate the moment, the current state of things, as death and decay are inevitable. Some day humans will die out, and the very last server hosting cat pictures will kick the proverbial bucket. Billions and billions of years pass, and entropy in the universe increases. All traces of mankind ever existing have been long since erased and the final dim glow of our sun fades into nothingness.

Where once were spiraling formations of glorious, vibrant stars, only finely dispersed dust and traces of radiation remains. As eons grind away, the darkness becomes more and more complete, but no mortal things are left to witness it. The very fundamental structures of anything we once recognized to be matter start to tear apart as the universe continues to expand. An unfathomable time has passed since the beginning, with the complete history of life on Earth being but a blink of an eye in this vast continuum.

And on his solitary throne, Gaben gazes upon the vast cosmic desert, and sees not an end, but a new beginning. He presses a button labeled "HL3" and says:"Let there be light."

Actually, I've seen this tree in person. It's in a lake called Fairy Lake, which is just outside of Port Renfrew, British Columbia. If you google "Fairy Lake Campground" you'll see more pictures of this tree.